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The general/volunteer appreciation meeting of the Rosemont Early Childhood PTA was called to order on May 22, 2015 at 8:39 pm at the home of Tish Thompson, by President Melissa Love-Tristan, the secretary being present. A quorum was established. The minutes of the April 2015 General Meeting were waived and approved as distributed.

Treasurer's Report: Casey Cox

Balance as of 4/14: $30,288.03; Deposits: $ 2062.03; Disbursements: $1053.06; Balance as of 5/21 (which is mostly auction proceeds that still need to be disbursed to Rosemont): $31,297.

Membership Report: Norell Liddell

We have 83 alumni and 307 general members, for 390 total.

Programs: Emily Kaczmarczyk

Thanks to Tish for hosting us tonight.

Fundraising Report: Terri Polachek

OakFit will host another event June 5th, details to come.

Communications Report: Brooke Price

The website is working well.

Community Report: Amy Wallace Cowan (Absent)

Nothing discussed, nothing to report.

Sunshine Report: Ally Newman

Four babies due in May.

Rosemont Liaison: Venesa Sokolovic

Nothing discussed, nothing to report.

Alumni Liaison: Amy Tawil/Lynne Merlino (absent)

Nothing discussed, nothing to report.

Unfinished Business: Melissa

Nothing discussed, nothing to report.

New Business: Melissa

Nothing discussed, nothing to report

Volunteer Report: Sarah Valdez-Tate

We want to thank each and every person who volunteered with RECPTA this year. While we had many, many volunteers who helped make this year so fun and successful, our VP board members would like to acknowledge their top 2-3 volunteers.

Norell Liddell thanks Steve Zabak for being a lifesaver starting the new website, transferring old database. Catherine Dodge for helping transfer data. Donna Distefano, for coordinating/restarting book club. Ellie Brin for helping with popsicle party, wine club, and hosting playgroups.

Emily Kaczmarczyk thanks Marysol Villanueva for taking on childcare this year. Emily Cannon for putting together great retreats. Heidi Maher and Anne Fahrenholz for hosting events at their homes. Melissa Love-Tristan for helping with Founders Day. Ally Newman for hosting all our board meetings.

Terri Polachek thanks all those who helped with the roaster and other small events this year. Specifically, Mandy Malloy for all the help with auction, along with Holli Haddix, Venesa Sokolovic and Jeanine.

Brooke Price thanks all the e-list moderators, specifically Robin Eggin and Stari Ewert for organizing the moderators. A huge thanks to Norell Liddell for all the website help. Thanks to Vicky Moffett for graphic help with the website, auction and new logo.

The general meeting of the Rosemont Early Childhood PTA was called to order on April 15, 2015 at 10:04 am at CrossFit Deep, by President Melissa Love-Tristan, the Secretary being present. A quorum was established. The minutes of the March 2015 General Meeting were waived and approved as distributed.

Membership Report: Norell LiddellWe have 84 alumni and 290 general members, 374. We have a new corporate sponsor, OakFIT and we will combine the upcoming Urban Acres PizzaPalooza with an Oak Fit Family night, which will include activities for the kids. It will be a fun night.

Programs: Emily KaczmarczykMoms Night Out is April 21st at The Foundry at 7:30pm. Tish Thompson will host the May General/Volunteer Meeting on May 21st. Details to come. A big thanks to CrossFIT Deep for being a RECPTA sponsor and hosting our meeting today. A brief crossfit workout will follow the meeting.

Fundraising Report: Terri PolachekOur Spring fundraiser is a two part event on May 1st. It will start at Urban Acres at 5 pm for PizzaPalooza and live music- 50% of proceeds go to RECPTA.. Then OakFIT will host Family Fun Night with kids activities and two movies. Cozy Cottage rescheduled their new location celebration to this Saturday the 18th, with 10% of proceeds going to RECPTA. Make sure to mention you are with RECPTA. Preliminary auction numbers are in and it looks like our net income will be around $14,800. More details to come.

Volunteer Report: Sarah Valdez-TateOur Volunteer Appreciation Party will be after our general meeting on May 21st at Tish Thompson’s House.

Community Report: Melissa (in absence of Amy Wallace Cowan)Clean your Park Day is May 2nd at Kidd Springs. Bring a trash bag to help pick up. We will have snacks and coffee on hand.

Sunshine Report: Ally NewmanWe have seven babies due this month and four due in May.

Rosemont Liaison: Venesa SokoloviciBike Rosemont is next week - please come support at the school in the mornings if you can. Or there are several locations along the Friday ride to Eno’s to show your support: The Kessler Theater, all along 7th street, and at Eno’s Friday afternoon. Free root beer floats.

Alumni Liaison:Nothing discussed, nothing to report.

Unfinished Business: MelissaNothing discussed, nothing to report.

New Business: MelissaRECPTA is now participating in AmazonSmile, a new program they offer that donates a small portion of qualifying purchases to your chosen charitable organization. You can designate RECPTA as your charity by going to smile.amazon.com each time you shop. The new board starts on June 1st. The switchover meeting is May 5th, directly after the May board meeting.

Announcements:

April 18th: Cozy Cottage

April 20th-24th: iBike Rosemont

April 21st MNO: The Foundry

May 1st: PizzaPalooza/OakFIT Family Night

May 2nd: Clean your Park at Kidd Springs

May 5th: Board/Switchover Meeting

May 7th: Wine Club at Norell Liddell’s house

May 21st: General/Volunteer Appreciation Meeting at Tish Thompson’s

May 31st: Last day of 2014-2015 Board

June 1st: New Board Starts

Introduction to crossfit and short workout provided by Crossfit Deep coaches Eric and Hannah.

Meeting adjourned at 10:25 am.

Rosemont Early Childhood PTA

General Meeting

March 26th, 2015

Home of Venesa Sokolovic

The general meeting of the Rosemont Early Childhood PTA was called to order on March 26, 2015 at 8 pm at the home of Venesa Sokolovic, by President Melissa Love-Tristan, the Secretary being present. A quorum was established. The reading of the February 2015 General Meeting minutes were waived and approved as distributed.

We have 83 alumni and 283 general members, for 366 total which is the largest member roster to date. WE are short membership cards, more coming soon. The next wine tasting will be at my house on April 2nd. Book club is April 21st. Part of our new community partnership with Methodist Hospital includes a $2500 from them along with the upcoming Pidge Picnic on March 28th - thanks to RECPTA member and Methodist liaison, Jerri Locke for helping this happen.

Programs: Emily Kaczmarczyk

April General meeting is TBD, details to come soon. May Appreciation will be at Tish Thompson’s house.

Fundraising Report: Terri Polachek

The auction was this past weekend, final numbers to come soon. Our spring mini-fundraiser will be early May and we will once again partner with Urban Acres for another RECPTA Pizza Night and incorporate the unsold auction items.

Volunteer Report: Sarah Valdez-Tate

Thank you to everyone who helped with the auction: we had a great volunteer response!

Communications Report: Brooke Price

Nothing discussed. Nothing to Report.

Community Report: Melissa for Amy Wallace Cowan

Clean your Park Day at Kidd Springs details coming soon.

Sunshine Report: Ally Newman

We had three babies born in March. Seven babies due in April and four due in May.

Rosemont Liaison: Venesa Sokolovic

I Bike Rosemont is April 20-24th. This is a fun week that consists of morning bike rides to school by parents and students. The riders get a card that is punched each day they ride their bike to school. At the end of the week on Friday, the kids, their parents, volunteers and teachers participate in a group bike ride to Eno’s in the Bishop Arts District, where the kids turn their punch cards in for a free root beer float. Even if you don’t have kids at Rosemont, you can still participate by helping cheer the kids on as they get to school in the mornings, or cheer them along the bike route as they ride to Eno’s. For more information, contact Venesa Sokolovic at rosemont@recpta.org.

The Founder's Day general meeting of the Rosemont Early Childhood PTA was called to order on February 11, 2015 at 11:02 am at Turner House by President Melissa Love-Tristan, the secretary being present. A quorum was established. The minutes of the January 2014 General Meeting were waived and approved as distributed.

Mom's night out is next Wednesday at Bowl Lounge. Retreat will be March 14th in Granbury, more details to come. The next general meeting is March 12th at Venesa Sokolovic's house and Autumn Cooper will be there to show a few makeup and hair tips for the auction, which is a 1920's theme.

Fundraising Report: Melissa Love-Tristan

March 20th is the Ritz for Rosemont Auction at the West End Event Center. This is a big event and we need many more volunteers. The RECPTA auction funds help to fund the Rosemont School Arts programs.

Volunteer Report: Sarah Valdez-Tate

Our current needs are help with the Auction, setup/breakdown, donated items. Please contact me at volunteer@recpta.org.

Communications Report: Brooke Price

If you haven't been to the website lately, we have made several recent updates so please check it out. We would love help with our social media presence, and updates to the website. Please email communications@recpta.org.

Community Report: Melissa Love-Tristan

Our clean the Park will be at Kidd Springs in April. Date and time TBD.

Sunshine Report: Ally Newman

We've had 61 babies, with around 250 meals delivered since June.

Rosemont Liaison: Venesa Sokolovic

I Bike Rosemont is coming up in April.

Alumni Liaison:

Tomorrow night is our alumni event at Amy Tawil's event. We ask that you bring a bottle of wine or liquor of at least $20 value for the auction.

Membership Report: Norell Liddell

We have 82 alumni and 268 general members, for a total of 350. In addition to launching our new website this year, we also introduced a new corporate sponsorship program which includes an ad on the RECPTA website. We have flyers available today with pricing and more information on this program. We are excited to announce our new Lifetime Member, Shellie Driscoll. She has held many positions both within the little and big Rosemont PTA's, and currently librarian at Rosemont. Brief words by Shellie.

The general meeting of the Rosemont Early Childhood PTA was called to order on January 21, 2015 at 9:34am at the Kidd Springs Recreation Center, by President Melissa Love-Tristan, the Secretary being present. A quorum was established. The minutes of the November 2014 General Meeting were waived and approved as distributed.

We have 81 alumni and 260 general members, 341. The 2015 playgroup is doing well and has a new leader that will start soon. Wine club has a lot of interest, but great attendance so we are sending out a survey to get more information from members. Information on our corporate partnership program is available at the meeting today and always on the website.

Programs: Emily Kaczmarczyk

We will have another Moms Night Out soon, date and time still to be determined. Programs: Katie Clines Assistant Director to Kidd Springs discussed different programs the recreation center offers. Dori - Health club manager at Veranda Club, discussed different memberships at the club. Jeanine - gymboree and dance instructor at Kidd Springs.

Fundraising Report: Terri Polachek

The auction is March 20, 2014. This is a big event and we need many more volunteers. The RECPTA Auction funds help to fund the Rosemont School Arts programs such as Dallas Children’s Theater and Dance Programs.

Volunteer Report: Sarah Valdez-Tate

We still need several volunteers, specifically to help organize and prepare prior to the auction as well as during the auction. You can sign-up on recpta.org or contact Sarah at

We are working on reorganizing the RECPTA organization flowchart and finalizing the board position descriptions for access on the website so they are available for the upcoming nominations.

Community Report: Amy Wallace Cowan

The Clean your Bookshelf Drive for Reagan Elementary was very successful. We’ll have a Clean Your Park event later this spring.

Sunshine Report: Ally Newman

Forty-five meals were delivered for 11 babies in December. We have 6 babies due in January.

Rosemont Liaison: Venesa Sokolovic

I Bike Rosemont is coming up in April. Storytime is first Tuesday at 10:30, Kinder-Roundup is January 27th and Dual Language Lottery is February 10th both at 6 pm. If you are interested in Dual Language, it is recommended that you go to both meetings.